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PDX Away... Finally

So. It's currently day 8ish of quarantine. Can't leave my apartment. There aren't any sports... so decided to type up a tight experience. In 2019 during LAFC's second season I finally took my trip to my 2nd favorite place on the West Coast... Portland. I've had ties to Partland basically my entire adult life. Not many people know this but I worked a short amount of time at Adidas (it was the start of my retail career, can't start with the best ammmmirite?) and I got to travel with the brand and check out PDX a few times. My true Sneaker/Sportswear brand has always and unfortunately/fortunately forever will be, Nike. So I've always wanted to go to Portland/Beaverton to check out Nike HQ. So since around 2012ish-2013ish I've been taking yearly trips up to Portland and they have always revolved around Nike but I have always wanted to check out Providence Park since I have so many homies that are die hard Timber's fans. Unfortunately I would only

CONCACAF Champions League Round 1 - HOME!!!

"Annnnnd we're back at The Banc in Black" looololol the Max Bretos famous line. Well. We are back home and the media excitement has given me fucking anxiety from how much LAFC and Rich hyped up this game. This game had a lot of anticipation because both club and supporters did not have their best possible performances in Leon hahaha. Remember we couldn't get our shit together in the stands, so man were we fucking ready to lose our shits. We had a very short pregame, mid week game, we showed up at like 4:30ish and was in the stadium by 5:30... two hours before kickoff. During the pregame we chilled, hung out, caught up with people we haven't seen since last season and meeting up with friends we made in Leon... and drank beer. We chanted a bit to get the vocals loose but nothing too crazy, honestly a lot more quiet and calm than usual and it kinda gave me even more anxiety ha. Side note. We had Purple Sheets on every seat, and some had white ones AND every